Apron



Nov. 20, 1923. 1,474,415

W. R. GLASSBRENNER AfjRoN Filed April 25. 1923 Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

l T E D A S WALTER RAY GLSSBRENNER, OF CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS.

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pplicatlonled April 25, 1928. Serial No. 834,592.

T o all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALTER RAY GLASS- BRENNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carlinville, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Apron, of which the follow-` ing3 is a specification.

y way of explanation, it may be stated that an apron, and particularly a heavy apron, imposes considerable weight on the neck of the wearer, and upon the shoulders, especially if the apron is made of heavy water-proof material, and is supported by the ordinary neck-yoke.

The foregoing being understood, it may be pointed out that this invention aims to provide a means wherebyan apron may be held readily on the body of thel wearer without placing weight upon the neck or encumbering the arms.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that,4 with in the scope of what is claimed,"changesin the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit5ot theinvention.

ln the accomanying drawings Figure 1 shows in perspective, an aprony constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a perspective wherein the apron is shown mounted on the body of the wearer; Figure 3 is a section on theline 33 of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a perspective view of the spring; and Figure 5 is a, rear elevaf tion of the spring. 4

' The numeral l marks an apron, fashioned from any desired material and made, sometimes, o heav water-proof material. The

apron 1 is divided at the back to form separable wings 2., A

The device embodies a prehensile spring, which is shown in Figure 4, the spring comprising a loop-shaped body, denotedl by the numeralf, and bent upon itself, at its ends, to form rounded projections or eyes 4, the eyes being continued to form upwardly extended converging arms 5 disposed atan angle to the plane dened by the body 3 of the spring, the arms beingbent upon t themselves to form rounded bosses or eyes 6 at the free upper ends of the arms.

Any suitable means may be provided for mounting the spring on the a ron 1 near jor slightly above the waist o the wearer.

Thus, the device may include a flexible flap 7 extended circumferentially of the apron 1 and located on the inner surface of the apron. the flap havinv extensions 8 extended upwardly along the wings 2 at the ed es thereof, as shown clearly in Figure l. itching, indicated at 9, connects the lower edge of the flap 7 and the inner edges of the extensions 8 with the apron 1, snap fasteners 10 being employed for connecting the upperA edge of the flap 7 and the outer edges of the exten`A sions8 with the apron, so as to form a pocket 11, extended circumferentially of the apron, and extended longitudinally of the apron, along the inner edges'of the wings 2 at the upper ends of the wings all of which will be understood readil when igures 3 and l are examined.- In tie pocket 11 thus constructed, the body 3 of the spring and the arms 5 thereof are held,the body 3 of the spring extending circumferentially of the apron, the arms 5 of the spring extending upwardly along the inner edges of the wings at the top of the apron 1.

y The bod 3 of the spring tends to hold the apron 1 a' out the person of the wearer at the waist or lslightly above the waist. The

arms 5 normally converge, as shown in solid line in Figure 5, but whilst the apron is being placed about the body of the wearer, the arms 5 tend to sprin outwardly toward the dotted line position s own in Figure 5. The tendency of the arms 5, therefore, is to draw the upper portion of the apron 1into,the

conical form marked bythe numerali12 thereby supporting the apron from the bust,

shown in Figure 2 rather than `from the shoulders or from the neck.

1n view of the fact that :the spring 3--5 is detachably assembled, in any suitable way with the apron 1the spring may beremoved from the apron, should the apron be made of some material which requires washing, as theterm washing is usually understood.

c Owingtothe fact that the eyes or projec-` tions 4:, of rounded form, are fashioned at the places of juncture, between the arms 5 and the body 3 of the spring, the ends of the body 3 will be prevented from exerting an uncomfortable pressure on the body of the wearer,

\ 1ng along the edges of the wings at the upper and the bosses 6 at rthe free ends of the arins have a like function.

What I claim is 1. An` apron of such length and construction as to terminate Well below the neck of the wearer and to be supported independently of the neck, the apron being of such width from end to end that it will fpraetically enclose the body of the wearer circumferentially from one end of the apron` to the other, the apron being divided at the back to form Wings, and a prehensile spring extended transversely of the apron intermediate the ends thereof, the spring being provided at its rear ends with upstanding arms disposed about at right angles td the plane formed by the spring, the arms extend- I end thereof.

2. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in Claim 1, and further formed by a strip extended cireumferentially of the apron and upwardly along the edges of the wings, one edge of the strip being permanently secured-to the apron, and separable fastening means-being employed for connecting the other .edge of the strip to the apron.

lln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto alixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER RAY eLAssBRENNER. Witnesses i E. D. UNEIL, a JAMES M. GLEAsoN. 

